Tag Archives: gender
Sometimes a news story comes along that we find reprehensible. The all-male Iowa Supreme Court recently ruled that a dentist was within his legal rights when he fired a woman who had worked for him for 10 years due to …
Weird! A new study in the journal Current Biology examined genealogy records from 14th- to early-20th-century Korean eunuchs in the royal court and found that the castrated men lived, on average, almost two decades longer (till age 70) than men …
You know those times when you’re trying to tell your guy something, but you sense that he’s not paying as much attention as you’d like him to? Science might have an explanation for that.
We didn’t really need academic research to tell us this, but it’s fascinating to see it spelled out: According to a study from the University of Granada, sexual fantasies tend to differ by gender, with women favoring “pleasant” sexual situations, …
Contrary to popular belief, testosterone levels don’t directly correspond to how much a person wants sex. In fact, a recent study found, the relationship between the hormone and sex can be downright counterintuitive. In women, high testosterone levels often mean that they …
We’d have guessed higher! New research from Ohio State University found that men think about sex around 19 times a day. For women, it’s about 10 times. Either way, that’s a decent amount of sex on the brain for both genders. …
How to Talk to a Child About Chaz Bono
If you’re a reality TV junkie like us, you know Chaz Bono, 42, (formerly Chastity Bono), son of Cher and Sonny Bono, was just named one of the contestants on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars. Because Chaz …
You know that old stereotype about guys with sports cars having mid-life crises? It might be true. A recent study found that men who own luxury sports cars are more likely to be looking for short-term nookie rather than a …
Keep this in mind when you have your next fight with your guy: When stressed, men forge ahead when making decisions, while women weigh their options carefully, a new study says.
Are All the Good Men Taken?
Writer Kay S. Hymowitz, author of Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men Into Boys, created a firestorm of (mostly sexist and uneducated) comments on WSJ.com this past weekend with her essay “Where Have the Good Men …
